sound out

Meaning

1. sound sb out (about / on sth)

   to try to find out from sb what they think about sth, often in an indirect way

   I wanted to sound him out about a job.

In the movies · 16

• You sound out of breath.Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021
• Sound it out.Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire2009
• Sound it out.Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story2009
• God, I still can’t get the sound out of my head.The Tomorrow War2021
• There are some weird sounds out there.Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
• I'm gonna sound him out.Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
• I want not a sound out of you I can hear him nowEncanto2021
• -Ack... -Okay, sound that out.Bad Education2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
  • Violet Gives Sybbie a French Villa
  • Jack Barber Pitches Filming at Downton
  • Hollywood Comes to Downton
• Encanto2021
  • Abuela Tells Mirabel the Miracle Story
  • Mirabel Introduces the Madrigals
  • Mirabel Told to Step Aside
• Bad Education2019
  • Frank Reassures an Angry Parent
  • Rachel Interviews School Officials
  • Bob Spicer Gives the School a Gift

From the same entry

• like, the sound of your own voice
• within sound of
• sounds like a plan to me
• sound a note
• look suspiciously like
• sound off
• sound as a bell